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• Film Studies: Dreams, Memory and Chaos

  (Migrating some things from my film studies course--please feel free to provide comments about more films or articles/essays/bibliographies that fit this category)
  
  Dreams, Memory and Chaos
  
  
  
  General Readings:
  
  Eig, Jonathan. “A Beautiful Mind(Fuck): Hollywood Structures of Identity.” Jump Cut 46 (Summer 2003)
  
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 2:07pm EST
  

• 2010 California Marriage Protection Act

  
  
  Huffington Post: Alex Leo on the 2010 California Marriage Protection Act
  
  NPR: 'No Divorce' Initiative Lampoons Gay Marriage Ban [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 8:09pm EST
  

• Zinn Education Project

  I can UNDERSTAND pessimism, but I don’t BELIEVE in it. It’s not simply a matter of faith, but of historical EVIDENCE. Not overwhelming evidence, just enough to give HOPE, because for hope we don’t need certainty, only POSSIBILITY.
  
  Howard Zinn, quoted on the Zinn Education Project[...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 3:45pm EST
  

• The Union: The Business Behind Getting High (Canada: Brett Harvey, 2007)

  
  
  This article covers one point that is featured in the documentary:
  
  Paul Armentano: The Feds Are Addicted to Pot-- Even If You Aren't' [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 2:59pm EST
  

• Victor Wallis: Interpreting revolution -- Che: Part I and Part II

  Interpreting revolution: Che: Part I and Part II
  by Victor Wallis
  Jump Cut
  
  
  
  Seeing Che (parts one and two, dir. Steven Soderbergh, 2008) and then reading about it prompts reflections on the larger political project that inspired its protagonist. One wonders to what extent the [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 2:18pm EST
  

• World March for Peace and Nonviolence (Lexington, KY:

  
  
  Lexington Celebrates: World March for Peace and Nonviolence
  Wednesday, December 2
  
  4:30 Gather at Triangle Park for Peacewalk, Broadway & Main
  5:00 Reception at Central Public Library, 140 East Main
  5:30 Celebrating Cultures with dance, poetry, and music in Library Theatre
  [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 11:58am EST
  

• The Battle of Seattle 10 Years Later: David Solnit and Ananda Tan Reflect on 1999 Shutdown of WTO Talks and the Birth of a Movement

  The Battle of Seattle 10 Years Later: Organizers Reflect on 1999 Shutdown of WTO Talks and the Birth of a Movement
  Democracy Now
  
  
  
  Ten years ago, on November 30, 1999, tens of thousands of people from across the country and the world shut down the [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 5:54pm EST
  

• Breaking the Spell (USA: Tim Lewis, Tim Ream & Sir Chuck A. Rock, 1999)

  Today is the 10 year anniversary of the 1999 WTO Protests in Seattle:
  
  
  
  To find more videos on this subject
  
  More Resources:
  
  From Geneva, Greg Palast on the current activities of the WTO
  
  
  
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 2:24pm EST
  

• William Burroughs: Ah Pook; Advice for Young [and Old] People

  
  
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 2:00pm EST
  

• Justin Vicari: Post-Iraq cinema — veteran heroes in The Jacket and Harsh Times

  Post-Iraq cinema — veteran heroes in The Jacket and Harsh Times
  by Justin Vicari
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  With increased numbers of servicemen and women returning to U.S. society from war zones in the Middle East and elsewhere, the problem of the veteran’s re-assimilation to civilian life [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 1:49pm EST
  

• Noam Chomsky: Propaganda in a Democracy; The Threat of the Public Beast; Welfare State for the Rich; National Interest vs Special Interests

  It’s not the case, as the naïve might think, that indoctrination is inconsistent with democracy. … The point is that in a military State or a feudal State or what we would nowadays call a totalitarian State, it doesn’t much matter what people think because you’ve got a bludgeon over [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 3:55pm EST
  

• Howard Zinn: Democratic Education

  Z-Magazine: From a World Without Borders
  Interviewed by David Barsamian
  
  Excerpt:
  
  To me, a democratic education means many things: it means what you learn in the classroom and what you learn outside the classroom. It means not only the content of what you learn, [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 2:13pm EST
  

• Mike Davis: Evil Paradise -- An Artist's Vision of Dubai in the Future

  (This essay is from 2005, but I dug it up to put it into play with Ron Sherer's Why Debt at Dubai World Is Shaking World Financial Markets)
  
  Evil Paradise: An Artist's Vision of Dubai in the Future
  by Mike Davis
  Socialist Review
  
  
  
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 12:03pm EST
  

• Darren Aronofsky Initiates a Fictional Derive: 3.0

  OK, adopt the altered mindset of your choice, prepare yourself to open your mind to the possibilities, put on Modest Mouse's "3rd Planet"
  
  
  
  and then read this:
  
  NASA telescope sees black hole gulping remote star
  
  
  
  Watch Darren Aronofsky's [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 1:49pm EST
  

• The Side-Hug: Youth Group Puts Down Sinful "Front-Hugs" With Rap

  We, here at Dialogic, fully support sinful "front hugs" :)
  
  
  
  Source [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 2:54pm EST
  

• NBC Refuses To Air PETA's Thanksgiving Ad

  [NBC asked PETA to make an ad for thanksgiving. The first one was rejected with the request that they make the ad more informative about "factory farming and turkey slaughter" (remember this is a 30 second ad?) and they submitted this brilliant ad (which NBC rejected--of course)
  
  Courtesy of [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 3:26pm EST
  

• Blackwater’s Secret War in Pakistan: Jeremy Scahill Reveals Private Military Firm Operating in Pakistan Under Covert Assassination and Kidnapping

  Blackwater’s Secret War in Pakistan: Jeremy Scahill Reveals Private Military Firm Operating in Pakistan Under Covert Assassination and Kidnapping Program
  Democracy Now
  
  In an explosive new article in The Nation magazine, investigative journalist and Democracy Now! correspondent Jeremy Scahill reveals the private military firm Blackwater is part of [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 2:04pm EST
  

• Anti-Capital Projects: The Necrosocial

  (Courtesy of Brian Holmes, on Continental Drift, reporting on the continuing University of California Protests)
  
  Excerpt from the The Necrosocial
  
  In the university we prostrate ourselves before a value of separation, which in reality translates to a value of domination. We spend money and [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 1:18am EST
  

• Laurie Essig: Lessons from the University of California student protests

  Lessons from the UC student protests
  by Laurie Essig
  Class Warfare
  
  UC Santa Cruz students are still occupying a building after rate hikes were announced across the University of California system last week.
  
  A system wide, 32 percent fee increase approved Wednesday amid the state’s budget [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 12:54am EST
  

• KCRW: RIAA vs Tennebaum

  (Joel Tenenbaum eventually lost this case and the jury awarded the RIAA $675,000 as penalties for Tenenbaum downloading 30 songs. Absurd! The RIAA is a typical predatory corporate institution. Burn, Baby, Burn! Joel Fights Back)
  
  RIAA vs Tenenbaum
  Politics of Culture (KCRW)
  
  What happens when a [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 3:56pm EST
  

• Pearls Before Swine: Solving Problems...

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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 12:50pm EST
  

• Videogum: College Will Turn Your Daughter Into A Pregnant Liberal Who Hates Cookies; College Weekend Workshop: Snakes With PhDs

  First watch this marketing video (no, despite your instinct to think this, it is not a parody--they are serious) "The College Casualty":
  
  

  The College Casualty from Mark Nauroth on Vimeo.

  
  
  Then visit the College Weekend Workshop it advertises at the end of the [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 12:03pm EST
  

• Linda B. Blackford: Kentucky's Poor spend larger percentage on taxes

  Poor spend larger percentage on taxes
  By Linda B. Blackford
  Lexington Herald-Leader
  
  Low and middle-income Kentuckians pay a larger share of their incomes on state and local taxes than wealthier people do, making the tax system one of many in the country that is inherently unfair, according to [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:39pm EST
  

• Social Movements, Street Protests and Engaged Activism: Additional Resources

  Building an educational/informational/inspirational online archive of alternative/independent/non-profit sources for the audience for our presentation on Monday--suggestions/comment are appreciated. Of course this list will reflect our perspectives and interests.
  
  Aaaarg
  
  Adbusters: The Journal of the Mental Environment
  
  Advocacy 2.0 Guide: Tools for Digital Advocacy
  [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:57pm EST
  

• The Children of Woody Guthrie: Interview with Antonino D'Ambrosio

  The Children of Woody Guthrie: Interview with Antonino D'Ambrosio
  by Alexander Billet
  Socialist Worker
  
  
  
  Never underestimate the ability for pop culture to water down its most firebrand figures--especially after they're dead. Luckily, there are people like Antonino D'Ambrosio. His book Let Fury Have the Hour:' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:28pm EST
  

• Julien Bell: Grad employees' strike victory at University of Illinois

  Grad employees' strike victory at U of I
  by Julien Ball
  Socialist Worker
  
  WITH THE chant "The workers united will never be defeated," some 500 jubilant members and supporters of Graduate Employees Organization (GEO), AFT/IFT Local 6300, held a rally November 17 in front of Foellinger Hall at' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:20pm EST
  

• How Come These Bible Verses Are Never the Inspiration for a Sermon?

  Irreverend Mike's Biblical Indecency [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:11pm EST
  

• Pearls Before Swine: Do You Think I Could Be Your Soulmate ... ?

  Courtesy of Laura W.
  
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:05pm EST
  

• The People Speak (New Documentary)

  I think this is going to be an amazing documentary! It will premiere on the History Channel, December 13th at 8PM.
  
  
  
  Sounds like a good opportunity for The People Speak parties! [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:46pm EST
  

• Social Movements, Street Protests and Engaged Activism: Setting the Tone for a Presentation

  Preparing a lecture/presentation on the continuing importance of social movements, street protests and engaged activism. So collecting good videos/music to set the tone as the audience gathers in the auditorium and as they leave... and, as always, suggestions are appreciated:
  
  
  (recommend turning down the volume and just looking [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 12:38pm EST
  

• The Tavis Smiley Show: Paul Mooney

  Paul Mooney
  The Tavis Smiley Show
  
  Comedian-writer Paul Mooney talks about working with Richard Pryor and using race in his stand-up material.
  
  To Listen to the Conversation [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:50am EST
  

• Cheech and Chong: Earache My Eye

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:19am EST
  

• Goth Music: The Early Years

  [Thanks to Ravenlovecraft for posting my query on The Dark Realm discussion board. I appreciate all of the comments and will use the thread as an example for the class of how people understand/discuss/form their understanding of subcultures like Goth. I hope the thread continues...]
  
  OK--students in [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 7:15pm EST
  

• Satire (Archive)

  (Building this for a cultural studies course--suggestions/comments appreciated)
  
  
  
  Black, Lewis. On How America Isn't Number #1 (Lewis Black on Broadway excerpt: Youtube Video posted April 15, 2007)
  
  Brand, Russell. Shame (This is part 1 of the DVD, other 7 parts available)
  
  Bruce,' [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 2:03pm EST
  

• Cornel West in Conversation with Tavis Smiley: Living and Loving Out Loud

  Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud
  Cornel West and Tavis Smiley
  Los Angeles Public Library
  FORA TV
  
  
  
  In this intimate exploration, one of America's most gifted and provocative public intellectuals peels back the layers of a remarkable life.
  
  To Listen/Watch
  
  Thanks' [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 12:17pm EST
  

• Lexington Herald-Leader: 'Tough on crime' drains state funds

  (Courtesy of Joe Anthony)
  
  "What you'll find is a population increase of more than 650 percent [since 1970; "42 percent from fiscal year 2000 to fiscal year 2009"] and a cost increase of more than 6,300 percent. All during a time span when Kentucky's crime rate increased by about'" [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 12:13pm EST
  

• Gabrielle Murray: Images of Torture, Images of Terror -- Post 9/11 and the Escalation of Screen Violence

  Images of Torture, Images of Terror: Post 9/11 and the Escalation of Screen Violence
  by Gabrielle Murray (La Trobe)
  Monash University Film & Television Studies
  
  
  
  David Edelstein, the New York Magazine film critic, commenting on the surge in extreme, prolonged graphic torture, abduction, rape and [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 4:36pm EST
  

• Jon Stewart Catches Sean Hannity Falsifying Footage To Make GOP Protest Appear Bigger

  (Spotted at Huffington Post)
  
  The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cSean Hannity Uses Glenn Beck's Protest Footagewww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show
  Full EpisodesPolitical HumorHealth Care Crisis [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 1:39pm EST
  

• Todd McGowan: The exceptional darkness of The Dark Knight

  The exceptional darkness of The Dark Knight
  by Todd McGowan
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  Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben sees the great danger inherent in the exception. It leads not just to abuses of civil rights but to large-scale horrors like the Holocaust, which functions as a major [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 1:08pm EST
  

• Social Justice Happening: November 19 - 23 (Lexington, KY)

  Thursday, November 19: 7 pm in the Campus Center Gym, Transylvania University: Mountaintop removal icons Larry Gibson, Teri Blanton, Marci Smith, and Dave Cooper will speak after a showing of the great new documentary Coal Country.
  
  
  Friday, November 20: 11 am until noon in the OB Auditorium: [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 11:24am EST
  

• James Baldwin: If Black English Isn’t a Language, Then Tell Me, What Is?

  Baldwin, James. “If Black English Isn’t a Language, Then Tell Me, What Is?” The Real Ebonics Debate: Power, Language, and the Education of African-American Children. eds. T. Perry and L. Delpit. Boston: Beacon Press, 1998:
  
  If … one managed to change the curriculum in all the schools so [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 9:44am EST
  

• FilmSchool: Ryan Fleck -- HALF NELSON

  Ryan Fleck -- HALF NELSON
  FilmSchool (KUCI: Irvine, CA)
  
  
  
  An Interview with screenwriter / director Ryan Fleck and screenwriter / editor Anna Boden of the film Half Nelson — the story of an inner-city junior high school teacher with a drug habit who forms an [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 9:18am EST
  

• Richard Dawkins: The Greatest Show On Earth

  (Gave Laura a ride to Danville and we listened to this on the way, when we arrived there was 30 minutes left and we sat together spellbound listening to the rest...)
  
  Richard Dawkins: The Greatest Show On Earth
  FORA TV
  
  
  
  Richard Dawkins' The God' [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 12:57am EST
  

• Mikhail Bakhtin: Speech Genres and Other Late Essays

  (Notes)
  
  Bakhtin, Mikhail. Speech Genres and Other Late Essays. Trans. V.W. McGee. Austin: U of Texas P, 1986.
  
  {MB—from Introduction by Vern W. McGee ix-xxiii}
  In Bakhtin’s thought the place from which we speak plays an important role in determining what we say (x).
  
  [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 5:34pm EST
  

• Chalmers Johnson: Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic

  Chalmers Johnson: “Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic”
  Democracy Now
  
  
  
  In his new book, CIA analyst, distinguished scholar, and best-selling author Chalmers Johnson argues that US military and economic overreach may actually lead to the nation’s collapse as a constitutional republic. It’s the [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 5:24pm EST
  

• Framing Reality: Language, Rhetoric, Images, Concepts

  (Ongoing archive--comments/suggestions are appreciated)
  
  Apodaca, Greg. "Digital Retouching Portfolio." (Archival Website: No Date)
  
  Bakhtin, Mikhail. The Dialogical Imagination. ed. and trans. C. Emerson and M. Holquist. Austin: University of Texas P, 1981.
  
  ---. Speech Genres and Other Late Essays. Trans. V.W. McGee. Austin: U [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 5:13pm EST
  

• Andy Worthington: The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America’s Illegal Prison

  Alleged 9/11 Mastermind and 4 Other Gitmo Prisoners to Stand Trial in NY Federal Court
  Democracy Now
  
  
  
  Attorney General Eric Holder ... announce[d] today that five men accused of plotting the September 11, 2001 attacks, including alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, will be tried in [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 4:50pm EST
  

• Dana Berliner and Michael Cristofaro: Eminent Domain Outrage in Connecticut -- Pharmaceutical Giant Pfizer to Leave New London

  Original Dialogic post on this four years ago: Eminent Domain in Action, Pt 5
  
  
  Eminent Domain Outrage in Connecticut: Pharmaceutical Giant Pfizer to Leave New London, Site of Major Housing Battle
  Democracy Now
  
  Homeowners in New London, Connecticut took on the city’s leaders after they [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 1:44pm EST
  

• Why Will Won't Pledge--A Boy and His Flag

  Why Will Won't Pledge: A Boy and His Flag
  Arkansas Times
  
  Will Phillips isn't like other boys his age.
  
  For one thing, he's smart. Scary smart. A student in the West Fork School District in Washington County, he skipped a grade this year, going directly from the' [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 12:09pm EST
  

• Maryna Reshetnyak: Drop-in Center -- Ukrainian Experience in Harm Reduction

  (Great program! Too bad we insist on stigmatizing, persecuting and locking them up here in the good ol' democratic US of A.)
  
  Drop-in Center: Major Russian Paper Wrote about Ukrainian Experience in Harm Reduction
  by Maryna Reshetnyak
  Rising Voices
  
  ...
  
  10 AM. There is' [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 11:41am EST